Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a broad white band or patch around the body: said of a beast, as a cow.
- In printing, noting presswork which requires the placing of a clean sheet over every printed sheet to prevent the offset of moist ink.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective To be
covered by asheet of cloth or paper or other similar material. - adjective To be secured by a special
tarpaulin - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
sheet .
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Examples
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The tropic rain sheeted about them so that they could see only the beach under their feet and the spiteful little waves from the lagoon that snapped and bit at the sand.
THE HOUSE OF MAPUHI 2010
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It is 151 feet tall and covered in sheeted copper.
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The tropic rain sheeted about them so that they could see only the beach under their feet and the spiteful little waves from the lagoon that snapped and bit at the sand.
The House of Mapuhi 1911
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The tropic rain sheeted about them so that they could see only the beach under their feet and the spiteful little waves from the lagoon that snapped and bit at the sand.
The House of Mapuhi 1909
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The longboat was lowering away to larboard, and I saw men, struggling on the ice-sheeted deck with barrels of provisions, abandon the food in their haste to get away.
Chapter 19 2010
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The longboat was lowering away to larboard, and I saw men, struggling on the ice-sheeted deck with barrels of provisions, abandon the food in their haste to get away.
Chapter 19 2010
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Robert pulled up the sheeted remains of one of the paintings.
Brush of Darkness Allison Pang 2011
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The Pyrenees was kept off, and sail after sail was loosed and sheeted home.
THE SEED OF McCOY 2010
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I couldn't believe it when Otoo first narrated it, but when I sheeted it home to Waters he gave in without a murmur and got away on the first steamer to Auckland.
THE HEATHEN 2010
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I couldn't believe it when Otoo first narrated it; but when I sheeted it home to Waters he gave in without a murmur, and got away on the first steamer to
THE HEATHEN 2010
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